Rogue Theater brings back ‘Policy’ to UU Fellowship

Rogue Theater brings back the drama “Policy” for one show at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County.

The powerful two-person play has a Catholic priest in charge of his church’s boys-only school and summer camp and a female insurance agent who has long handled the church’s policies (and whose son attends the school) spar over clauses the priest wants to add regarding its liability in cases involving sexual abuse of children. It’s based on an actual lawsuit that happened in the Netherlands, and similar court cases are popping up in the U.S., including a federal case involving the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

The play was written by Spanish playwright Anthony Munos De Mesa and premiered under its native-language title “La Visita” in Madrid in 2013. After a translation by Phyllis Zatlin, Rogue Theater gave “Policy” had its English-language world premiere for a three-week run in November at The Depot Performing Arts Center in Sturgeon Bay.

As in its Depot PAC run, this performance will star Rogue co-artistic directors Stuart Champeau and Lola DeVillers and be directed by Henry Timm. It will be done “black box” style at the fellowship, without the set used at the Depot.

“Policy” is performed at 4 p.m. Feb. 7 at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 10341 Wisconsin 42, Ephraim. Tickets are $15. For more information, call (920) 818-0816 or go to the “Rogue Theater” Facebook page.